Agatha Christie, Mistress of Mystery
by Ramsey, G.C
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good dj
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. Near Fine in Very Good dj. (c.1967). First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . [very clean book, slight bump to base of spine, no other significant wear; jacket lightly worn at edges and extremities, small closed tears at top of front panel and at top front foldover]. (B&W photographs) "An appreciation of Agatha Christie as a novelist and short story writer and a discussion of the unique techniques which account in a large part for her fabulously successful career. Chapters deal with the mystery story as a form, mystery writers as social historians, devices of the profession, the careers of Agatha Christie and her two detectives, Hercule Poirot and Jane Marple. Appendices include all Christie titles alphabetized, full-length novels and short story collections alphabetized, books and stories made into plays and films, and similar bibliographical information." .
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- Bookseller
- ReadInk (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19898
- Title
- Agatha Christie, Mistress of Mystery
- Author
- Ramsey, G.C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dj
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (c.1967)
- Keywords
- NOISBN, Mystery Writers, Detective Fiction, Bibliography, Literary Biography, Literary Criticism
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